Mrfarmjunk
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Anyone got rid of there miscanthus and put it back into arable production? Got 90 acre to take out. What’s the best way? Spray’s and what dosage and timing?
Harvest it, 4lit roundup on new shoots, plough/ disc rhizomes to surface and leave to dry out. You’ll get some regrowth but it’s sensitive to most selective graminicides used in combinable rotation
Would something like a rotorvator not chop and smash the rhizomes to pulp thus killing them off? Or used in conjunction with chemical?
Would something like a rotorvator not chop and smash the rhizomes to pulp thus killing them off?
Got rid of 150 acs locally few years ago . As above : it was cut off in April with forager , left to regrow 12 - 18 inch , sprayed with 4 ltrs roundup with wetter ,lots of water. Left month , topped with flail and disced [heavy set]. Disced again 6 weeks later ,left 6 weeks. Couple weeks before drilling wheat, another round up/wetter disced and disc drilled/ rolled . Normal spray pattern after.Did get some growing in crop but no problems. He is a plough man so for second wheat he ploughed , This had been 10 years as Miscanthus and land was sold because Bio firm went bust [Biacal}
This had been 10 years as Miscanthus
Does it go on forever and ever or would it eventually deteriorate and thin out?
Could it be left for 30 years?
We took out 2 fields of miscanthus several years ago with glypho in June/July then ploughed in Aug/Sep. Rhizome root masses clogged the plough a few times leaving soil heaps which we then beat down with the power harrow. There was a bit of regrowth in the following wheat crop, but it seemed to go through the combine ok.Anyone got rid of there miscanthus and put it back into arable production? Got 90 acre to take out. What’s the best way? Spray’s and what dosage and timing?